Re: Writing Text Files from PostgreSQL

On 11/16/05, William Gerber <William(dot)Gerber(at)erg(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello. I am brand new to PostgreSQL and I need someone to point me in
> the right direction on how to write the results of a function to a text
> file. Is it possible to do this within the PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL
> language? I have done this before in Oracle using the UTL_FILE commands
> and I was hoping that PostgreSQL had similar functionality. I need to
> provide some data formatting in the text file that I produce so I don't
> think the pg_dump command would work for me (correct me if I am wrong
> though). Thanks in advance for any help that you can give.
>

psql DBname -f script > file
or
psql DBname -c "sql_command;"

psql --help to see options for formatting

>
> System Specs:
> PostgreSQL 8.1 on Linux
>
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Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)